me.fier.aspew/README.md

# me.fier.aspew
Audio I/O for real-time applications, like VoIP.

## Prerequisites
### Python (3.4 or newer)
- Windows: [https://www.python.org/downloads/](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
- Debian: `apt install python3`

### PyAudio
- Windows: `py -m pip install PyAudio`
- Debian: `apt install python3-pyaudio`

## Tools
- `aspew-in.py` takes a microphone as an input, and outputs it to pipe.
- `aspew-out.py` takes input from a pipe, and outputs it to a speaker.

## Flags
Flags formatted as `-s` or `--long`.

### in & out:
- `-l`: List devices as JSON
- `-h`: Use human-readable format

## Arguments
Arguments are pairs of `key=value`.

### in & out:
- `device`: The device, a number (Default: `-1` aka. your default device)
- `format`: The encoding of your audio, choices: [https://people.csail.mit.edu/hubert/pyaudio/docs/#pasampleformat](https://people.csail.mit.edu/hubert/pyaudio/docs/#pasampleformat) (Default: `paUInt8`)
- `channels`: How many channels the audio has (Default: `1`)
- `bitrate`: How high the refresh rate of the audio is in Hz (Default: `8000`)
- `buffersize`: The buffer-size, in seconds. Higher buffer-sizes reduce CPU load and risk of stutter, but raise delay. Raise this if you get constant stutter (Default: `0.05`)

### out-only:
- `store`: How much audio to store in the back-buffer at maximum before cutting it off, in seconds. Raise this if you get inconsistent playback (Default: `0.3`)

## Examples
- `./aspew-in.py | ./aspew-out.py`  
Listen to your default microphone at default settings.

- `./aspew-in.py format=paInt16 bitrate=48000 channels=2 | ./aspew-out.py format=paInt16 bitrate=48000 channels=2`  
Listen to your default microphone at 16-bit, 48000Hz, stereo.

- `./aspew-in.py -lh`  
List your input devices.

- `./aspew-out.py -lh`  
List your output devices.